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Period 2: Organization & Reorganization of Human Societies, c. 600 BCE – 600 CE (15%)
Outline & Overview
AP WORLD HISTORY CURRICULAR KEY CONCEPTS (KC):
Key Concept 2.1 The Development and Codification of Religious and Cultural Traditions
Key Concept 2.2 The Development of States and Empires
Key Concept 2.3 Emergence of Trans-regional Networks of Communication and Exchange
READINGS AND SOURCES:
Strayer, Ways of the World, chapters 3 – 6
Christian, This Fleeting World
Chua, Day of Empire
Various other primary and secondary sources
TOPICS FOR INVESTIGATION:
The development and impact of belief systems in South Asia, East Asia, the Mediterrean, and the
Americas. Consider: How and to what extent did religious beliefs impact social sturctures and
gender relations. How and to what extent were religious and social values reflected in art and
architecture.
The devleopment and impact of new political states. Consider: How and to what extent
geography impacted the development of states. How and to what extent bureaucracy was a
centralizing institution in state-building. How and to what extent did empires use religion to
impose political unity.
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Analyze the political strategies used by the Han and Roman empires to unite their
populations.
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Compare the political, social, and economic causes and effects of the rise and fall of the
Roman and Han empires.
Interregional Trade Networks. Consider: How and to what extent did the emergence of
interregional networks lead to greater cultural exchange. How and to what extent did
interregional networks promote the spread of disease. How and to what extent were each of the
major networks of trade affected by climate and environment. What were the demographic effects
of the spread of new crops and agricultural practices?
KEY PEOPLE, PLACES & TERMINOLOGY
Alexander of Macedon
Cyrus the Great
Aristotle
Dao, Daoism
Ashoka
Delian League
atman
Desertification
Augustus Caesar (Octavian)
dharma
Bhagavad-Gita
diaspora
boddhisatva
Diocletian
Buddhism
Eightfold Path
castes, varna, jati
ethnic religions
Confucianism
Etruscans
Constantine
forbidden city
consuls (Rome)
Four Noble Truths
Great Wall
Greek “Classical Age”
Gupta Empire
Han Wudi
Hebrew Bible
Hellenistic culture
Hellenistic synthesis
helots
Hinduism
Hinduism
hoplites
Jesus of Nazareth
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Judaism
Julius Caesar
karma
Laozi
Mahbharata
Mauryan Dynasty
Minoans
moksha
monarchies
aristocracies
democracies
monotheism
mudras
Mycenaeans
natural law
nirvana
Oceania
patricians, plebeians
Paul of Tarsus
yin-yang
Pax Romana
Peloponnesian War
Pericles
Phoenicians
Plato
polis
polytheism
Punic Wars
Qin Dynasty
Ramayana
reincarnation
Roman Republic
Roman Empire
satraps
scholar-gentry
secularism
Senate (Rome)
Shi Huangdi
Shiva
Siddhartha Gautama
Socrates
stirrup (importance of)
Terra Cotta Army
The Analects
tribunes (Rome)
Triumvirate (Rome)
tyrants (Greece)
universalizing religions
Upanishads
Vedas, Rig Veda
Virgil
Vishnu
Warring States Period
Xerxes
Xiongu
xiao, ren, li